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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Hard Link vs SOft Link???? Post 302199902 by skyineyes on Wednesday 28th of May 2008 05:54:59 AM
Old 05-28-2008
Hard Link vs SOft Link????

Hi

PLease let me know the usage of Hard Link vs Soft Link

i.e what is the basic difference and what happens when one file is changed or deleted in both the cases???

thanks
 

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FCRLS(8)							  Open-FCoE Tools							  FCRLS(8)

NAME
fcrls - Fibre Channel Read Link Error Status Block (RLS) tool SYNOPSIS
fcrls --port rport_bsg_name [--quiet] fcrls --fcid rport_port_FC-ID [--quiet] fcrls --help DESCRIPTION
The fcrls command performs Fibre Channel Read Link Error Status Block (RLS) ELS request (see FC-LS-2) via BSG over a given rport bsg name or FC-ID. fcrls takes either a rport bsg name or a rport port FC-ID as the input. To disable verbose output, use the --quiet option. OPTIONS
--port rport_bsg_name Send RLS to a rport by FC remote port bsg name, e.g., rport-7:0-1. --fcid rport_port_FC-ID Send RLS to a rport by port FC-ID, e.g., 0xce000d. --quiet Disable verbose output. --help Display a help message with basic usage instructions. EXAMPLES
Sends RLS to the FC remote port as rport-7:0-1 fcrls --port rport-7:0-1 Sends RLS to the FC remote port with 0xce000d as its port FC-ID fcrls --fcid 0xce000d SEE ALSO
fcoeadm(8) SUPPORT
fcrls is part of the fcoe-utils package, maintained through the Open-FCoE project. Resources for both developers and users can be found at the Open-FCoE website http://open-fcoe.org/. Open-FCoE 06/04/2010 FCRLS(8)
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